Washing-machine



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

H. T. ROYSTER. WASHING MACHINE.

No. 425,000. Patented Apr. 8. 1890.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. H. ,T. ROYSTER.

WASHING MAGHINB.

.000. Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE TUCKER ROYSTER,.OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,000, dated April 8, 1890.

Application filed August 20, 1889- Serial No. 321,362. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORACE TUCKER ROYS- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Charlotte, in the county of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful IVashing-Vlachine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in washing-machines; and it consists in certain novel features, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aside view of my improved washing-machine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the removable screen. cover removed. Fig. 5 is a view showing the drum in side elevation and the boiler in vertical section.

The tank or boiler A is of the usual construction, and is provided at one of its lower corners with a faucet B, through which the water in the tank may be discharged after the machine has been used, and at the proper point of the height of the tank Iprovide a faucet or gage-cock C, so that the operator may be informed when the desired quantity of water has been placed in the tank. The water is poured in the tank or boiler through an inlet-opening D in the top of the same near one end thereof, and as the water boils and is converted into steam the steam will escape from the boiler onto the drum through the pipes E, which are arranged in the inner side of the boiler, as clearly shown.

The drum F is constructed of the ordinary side disks, and has a swinging portion G, which is formed in the usual manner, and it is provided along the central line of its periphery with the series of openings H, through which the steam passes from the openings E into the drum. \Vithin the drum I provide the transverse ribs or bridges I, which serve as supports for the removable screens J,which are preferably constructed of a wire screen. The drum is provided at one edge of its periphery with the inwardly-projecting shoulder K, and one end of the removable screen bears against the shoulder, the opposite end of the said screen being provided with a transverse hook or strip L, which is adapted to engage the opposite edge of the drum and Fig. 4 is a plan View with the.

thereby secure the screen in position. The screen is provided on its inner'side with the inwardly-projecting brackets M, which serve as beaters to agitate the clothes, and also as supports to prevent the clothes gathering around the surface of the screen, so as to prevent the passage of the hot water and steam therethrough. The screen rests on the transverse ribs or bridges I, and is thereby held out of contact with the periphery of the drum, so that the openings are kept clear for the passage of the steam and water.

In practice the clothes are placed in the drum, the interior of the boiler and the central depressed portion of the same partially filled with Water, the drum placed in the boiler, and the boiler then set over a fire. As the water boils, the drum is rapidly rotated, so that the clothes will be agitated as the steam and hot water pass into the drum, and the dirt thereby loosened and removed from the clothes, so that the cleansing of the same will be rapidly accomplished. The screens, as before stated, prevent the clothes choking up the openings in the drum, and as the screen is removable the repairing and cleansing of the device are facilitated. Furthermore, the screens can be removed after being used and thoroughly dried, and thereby prevented from rusting, so that injury to the fabrics from this source will be obviated.

The device is very simple and its advantages are thought to be obvious.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A washing-machine drum provided with a series of openings along the central line of its periphery and a removable screen supported a slight distance from the inner surface of its periphery, as set forth.

2. The combination of the washing-machine drum having a series of openings along the central line of its periphery and provided with the shoulder K and the internal ribs I, and the removable screen resting on the ribs I, and having one end bearing against the shoulder K, and its other end provided with a hook engaging the periphery of the drum, as set forth.

3. The drum having the internal ribs I and the perforations H, combined with the remy own I have hereto afiixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HORACE TUCKER ROYSTER.

Witnesses:

II. C. SENERS, J. J. ROBERTSON. 

